The New AI Cartoon Trend Caused a Big Spike in Downloads for These Apps
The internet was buzzing with cartooned photos this week after OpenAI released an update to ChatGPT's image generation c...
Claude's Long Awaited Update is Here - Did it Move the Needle?
We're barely three months into 2025 and have already seen a barrage of AI innovations. From DeepSeek, Grok 3, and update...
ChatGPT Crosses a Major Milestone in the Face of Competition
ChatGPT has been on an astounding growth journey that hasn't slowed down even though local and international rivals stol...
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This is Where AI Shines (and Generates Millions)
AI is the hottest trend in mobile apps in the last year and that's not changing any time soon. For many developers, AI a...
Grok Dethroned ChatGPT Last Week - Can It Sustain this Momentum?
xAI launched Grok 3, a model it claims to be superior to OpenAI's latest update (o3-mini) last week, and the downloads f...
This Is What Users Really Think About DeepSeek, China’s ChatGPT Rival
DeepSeek stunned the AI and app worlds with its recent U.S. launch, racking up 2M downloads (and counting) within days. ...
ChatGPT's Revenue Thrives in the Face of Free Opposition from DeepSeek
The last few weeks have been pretty weird in the AI world. DeepSeek, a Chinese company, released a model that goes head-...
AI Apps are a $2B Opportunity and Thin Wrappers Make More Than You Think
I get asked all the time if there's still money in AI, and my response is always an immediate funny look because AI apps...
The Opportunities in AI Apps No One's Talking About Right Now
It's no secret that AI apps are one of the fastest-growing trends, generating millions for developers. If you're thinkin...
We Ranked Every AI App and Here Are the highest Earners
Can you guess which AI app is making the most money? If you've been listening to me for long enough, you know the answer...
The US is the Most Lucrative Market for AI Apps, But It's Not the Only One
The rise in demand for AI apps is a global trend, especially when looking at where the downloads are coming from, but re...
Not All AI Apps Belong To the Young
If I asked you to guess the age of users of AI apps, I'm sure you'll say quot;youngquot;, and you won't be wrong, but th...
DeepSeek Crossed a Million Downloads and is About to Challenge ChatGPT
A new Large Language Model from Chinese DeepSeek has made the news last week. The model seems to be matching and even be...
Elon's ChatGPT Competitor Finally Got Its Own App
Grok, X's AI, has finally landed as a standlone app in the US. I've been waiting for this since the model opened up thro...
The Dust Has Settled and Bluesky Still Has an Elon Problem...
Bluesky, the social media platform that managed to accomplish what others before it tried and failed - become the altern...
ChatGPT's App Revenue Grew More Than 1,000% in 2024
It's hard to say 2024 wasn't the year of AI, and not just for the tech folks but for pretty much everyone. We can see th...
Google Gemini Finally Comes to the App Store - Can it Catch Up ChatGPT?
Google has finally released Gemini, its ChatGPT competitor, as a standalone app on the App Store and I'm very curious to...
A Record-Breaking October for ChatGPT
Over the past two years, ChatGPT has become more than just a helpful AI companion - it's turned into a revenue powerhous...
How Big is Character AI, the Companion App That's Getting Sued Right Now?
Character AI is one of the biggest companion AI apps right now. In fact, our App Intelligence shows it's 4th in download...
ChatGPT isn't the Only AI App That's Growing its Revenue
When many think of an quot;AI appquot; they likely think of ChatGPT, which explains the incredible revenue growth the ap...
ChatGPT Crossed a Revenue Milestone and (Re)Started a Gold Rush
ChatGPT is one of the fastest-growing apps on the App Store (and even Google Play). It should come as no surprise that S...
The AI Study Helper That's Riding the Back-to-School Wave
There's a set of apps that rise at the end of August and the beginning of September - back to school season - adding mil...
ChatGPT Enters a Brand New Club of Apps
ChatGPT is one of the fastest-growing apps on mobile right now. Since January, revenue has nearly tripled, ending August...
Claude is Having a Hard Time Chasing ChatGPT - Is AI All About the Model?
These days, when most people think about AI they think about OPenAI's ChatGPT, even though there are a few direct compet...
